Question time in federal parliament

* The language the government is proposing to insert in the Racial Discrimination Act is precisely the intent of the initial legislation, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull assured MPs about changes to section 18C that makes it an offence to insult, offend or humiliate someone because of their race.

* Facebook is now booking revenue in Australia and not in Ireland, Treasurer Scott Morrison said of the government's multinational tax avoidance measures. Google too has changed its arrangements.

* If you've got a ewe right now, the returns are brilliant, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce revealed. First you've got $65 worth of wool, then a fat lamb that could fetch as much as $120.

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